Crime Commission Executive Vice President Art Bilek said he sees very little good in the bill.

“This act does two things; it creates the largest gambling expansion in the history of the state of Illinois and it significantly reduces the ability of the state to regulate that gambling,” Bilek said. “It’s a quagmire of gambling sinkholes and hidden reductions of regulatory controls.”

Bilek says the legislation allows for too much new gambling too quickly – without enough regulators to oversee all the new gambling positions.

He also noted that Chicago’s casino wouldn’t even be overseen by the Illinois Gaming Board, but a new body under the mayor’s control.

“Corrupt politicians, backroom operators and members of the organized crime syndicate will be standing in line to apply for licenses,” Bilek said.

And, he said, regulators won’t have the time or bodies to weed out the bad ones, as they have up to now.

And with Chicago’s record of corruption, he said, this is asking for trouble.

Former Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis, the new deputy director of the Crime Commission, said it’s beyond comprehension how the legislature passed the gambling expansion bill.

He called it “dangerous.”

“We believe there is a very high risk for scandal and corruption,” Weis said.

Quinn said Wednesday that he still hasn’t decided whether to sign or veto the legislation, as he is still meeting with supporters and opponents to get input.

He’s voiced opposition to a major expansion of gambling in Illinois in the past, but has supported a Chicago casino.

The governor still hasn’t received the legislation for official consideration, as Illinois Senate President John Cullerton put a legislative hold on the measure shortly after lawmakers approved it in May.

The move was intended to give lawmakers time to work out a deal for a possible “trailer bill” that would supplement the legislation so that Quinn can support the gambling expansion.